[Enoris Level 51 has been summoned.] The red mark on Ace’s hand itched, glowed, and then cast a tiny red dot, which formed into a large Ethisian. Blood Essence coalesced into an Ethisian body, starting from the feet upwards. Once the body was formed, an antique and powerful-looking set of full-body armor materialized along with a large battle axe. A pair of pale red glowing eyes glared at the Blood Bishop, who was sitting in nothing but a pair of wet boxers. Confused, slightly startled, and experiencing a gush of energy flowing between him and the Blood Warrior, Ace wondered how he was able to kill such a ferocious creature. Since Enoris was a partially experienced Eneraflux user, her energy was still present even in her current Blood Warrior form, hence the reason Ace was feeling it. ’I...I...I managed to...’ Ace’s eyes opened wide, followed by his hands covering his face from Enoris’s kick. Enoris quickly kicked the Blood Bishop through the walls of the building he was in, creating an Ace-sized hole. The Blood Bishop tumbled and rolled momentarily until he got his footing. Looking around, he found himself in a desert-like environment with hundreds of pillars of rock and sand towering over him. Aside from that was the blazing heat from the planet’s sun, the hot sand under his feet, and the hot air blowing on his skin. Looking ahead, he witnessed his Blood Warrior approaching him with her battle axe gripped tightly. Fearing for his life, Ace moved backward while still keeping an eye on his Blood Warrior. Looking for answers, he inquired from his system for an explanation of Enoris’s behavior, but there was no response. ’What the hell...is happening?’ Still dazed, Ace leaped away from Enoris and summoned his sword made from Molten Emberwyrm Blood. The sword’s shiny luster partially blinded Enoris as it reflected the sun’s bright light onto her. Quickly, the Blood Bishop stood his ground and prepared to fight the Blood Warrior, even though he had conjured her. "Cease what you’re doing!" he commanded, but there was no positive response from her. Instead, the Blood Warrior grabbed her axe and threw it at the Blood Bishop, its head aimed at his own. Luckily, and instantly, Ace lifted the sword and clashed its blade with the axe head, creating sparks of blood and fire as his body was slowly pushed back by the weapon’s force. Still, he managed to push it back, but that left him open to a tail slam attack from Enoris, which sent his body crashing into a pillar. [-2 HP] The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡~𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚~𝙣𝙚𝙩 [Your body is growing more resilient.] ’System, why is this happening?’ he asked again but got no response. ’Explain yourself, damn it. Why the hell is this damned Blood Warrior not listening to me?’ Enoris charged in at an ungodly speed for a creature of her size and crushed into the wall Ace was in. The two bodies pushed through the pillar and watched as it came down. Meanwhile, Enoris grabbed the Blood Bishop by his arm and repeatedly swung him like a ragdoll. Quickly getting himself on track before being tossed, Ace used his other hand and latched onto the slits of her helmet. He then wrapped his legs around her neck, freed his other hand, and quickly placed his thumbs on her eyeballs. "You better listen to me, damn it," he complained, spitting spiteful words at the Blood Warrior who, instead of listening, started to run. "I’m your ’Blood Commander’ and I order you to stand do..." Enoris’s body and the pillar she intentionally ran into bruised the Blood Bishop’s body, which silenced but angered him. Not playing it safe anymore, the Blood Bishop pushed his fingers inside the Blood Warrior’s eyes, which made her grow uneasy and irritated. Now, she started to leap and fall to the ground headfirst, her body’s immense weight nearly crushing the Blood Bishop. Ace, on the other hand, pushed his fingers so deep that he could feel her eye sockets. He also somehow managed to make her scream, which was a surprise for him, given that none of his other Blood Warriors made any form of vocal noises. "Looks like I’ll have to kill this damn thing!" he cursed, leaping off her back and standing at a safe distance from her. With his right hand stretched, he summoned his Molten Blood Sword once more and charged at Enoris. Reaching quickly, the Blood Bishop thrust his lower body onto the floor and slid under her feet. Using his sword, he sliced as deep as he could inside her leg, but that didn’t bring her down. Her armor and body size were far too powerful for a simple sword attack to do anything. "Damn it!" Using his sword, Ace deflected Enoris, who also summoned her battle axe and lunged at his head. The two pushed each other back and forth, with Enoris starting to struggle a little. If it weren’t for Ace’s increased strength, he was more than certain that the fight would have ended from the moment she kicked him. "What’s wrong with you?" The two angrily glared into each other’s eyes, one pair being white with red irises and the other being pale red with little bits of blood and flesh regenerating inside the sockets. "Answer me. Why are you attacking me?" [This is one of the many ways the system has devised to push you to new strengths.] His system finally responded, yet the answer wasn’t as clarifying as he wished for it to be. [For passing the One-Hundredth level, it will be harder for you to level up unless you fight/kill entities on the same level as you. This is one of them.] ’What if this damn thing kills me?’ As always, the system gave the Blood Bishop a half-baked response and then suddenly went quiet, leaving Ace with a lot of unanswered questions. This time, however, he decided to play along with whatever "exercise" or "form of training this was" which led him to see Enoris as a threat, rather than a Blood Warrior. Since his words were not doing anything, he opted to take her down to see what the system would say or do afterward. [Blood Sprint: Activated] [Congratulations. Your skill [Blood Sprint] has been leveled up to the second level] [Blood Sprint Lv2: Activated] Like Enoris, Ace moved at neck-breaking speeds, which allowed him to get a "surprise attack on her." Bending his Molten Blood Sword into separate daggers, he lunged one into the slits between her shoulder pads and another between the slits in her knee. The Blood Warrior was brought to her knees, but it wasn’t enough to stop her, let alone cause harm. Quickly, she grabbed her axe and swung at Ace, but he wasn’t there. Confused, she looked around in hopes of finding her target who, unknown to her, was coming down on her. Shifting his daggers into a single "hammer of sorts", the Blood Bishop slammed it through her helmet, breaking it in the process while also causing damage to her head. Enoris’ body trembled with her vision failing her. As for her target, he was nowhere to be seen for less than half a second. With an increase in his speed, Ace used it to his advantage and sprung attacks on the Blood Warrior. Using that speed, he added his increased strength and Blood Lust to inflict an extensive amount of damage on Enoris however there was one major problem, a problem that could keep him and Enoris fighting for days, if not a month or more. [Blood Mana Lv5:39,514/64,000<<<38,909/64,000] Being a Blood Warrior meant that Enoris’ body would regenerate over and over again until Ace’s Blood Mana depleted and at the rate it was going, he was most certainly going to take forever to end her and if he did, he didn’t know how long it would take for him to get back all the lost Blood Mana. ’I can’t find a loophole in this.’ He complained while taking a small break to think. As he did, Enoris turned to face him, her eyes no longer squinted and decorated with anger. Instead, they were empty and lifeless, having no other emotion in them. Ace stared, and she stared back. He stared back and she did the same, turning into a long, time-wasting cycle. Suddenly, Enoris placed her battle axe before her and knelt, her head hung on her shoulders as a form of "allegiance/respect" to Ace. The Blood Bishop did not take her seriously, that was until he heard words escape from her mouth. "Shall I have a name, Blood Commander?" Enoris’ voice echoed like the sound of five powerful female warriors making their war cry. Even the Blood Bishop was taken aback by this marvelous occurrence. Not one of his Blood Warriors was capable of speech. Or so he thought... "Why did you attack me?" he asked but she gave no response, only remaining still whilst waiting for his response. "You can speak so answer me. Why did you attack me despite me telling you to stop countless times?" "I wished to see if you were someone worth following their every command." ’What the hell?’ he marveled at Eronis’ thought process but it was odd, very odd. So odd that he didn’t trust her just yet. ’I haven’t learned how to give my clones autonomy, let alone my Blood Warriors. So why does she possess it?’